diff --git a/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/java_props_md.c b/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/java_props_md.c
index 2e80a71996e..05b668a7936 100644
--- a/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/java_props_md.c
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/java_props_md.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ getJavaIDFromLangID(LANGID langID)
             free(elems[index]);
         }
     } else {
+        free(ret);
         ret = NULL;
     }